Major League Baseball to Raleigh?

[KJHburg]

I think Raleigh's location further from Atlanta makes it a better choice as Braves are stronger here in the Charlotte area.  It is half way between the Nationals of DC and Braves of Cobb County.  

However I think if Raleigh gets a team NC will get behind it.  The Raleigh Durham tv market which includes Fayetteville is almost as large as Charlotte's and much larger than Nashville, Salt Lake, etc.  

NC with a rich history of baseball should have a MLB team.   

[KJHburg]

well this is interesting any team in NC would not be cutting into the Braves but the Yankees LOL

[DCMetroRaleigh]

Did you know that the Atlanta Braves are actually the FOURTH closest team to Raleigh, NC? 

That's right, the Nats, Orioles, and PHILLIES are closer to Raleigh than the Atlanta Braves.
Of course we knew this, but others seem to not realize it.

[Blue Ridge]

On 2/21/2024 at 11:19 PM, Richhamleigh, DC said:

Nashville, TN will have to rely on tourists to fill the stadium.  As Kburg demonstrated, the population within 100 miles of Raleigh totally eclipses the competition and the location between GA and DC is perfect.  They would be idiots to pick Nashville, IMHO.

Very good chance FC Nashville and the Titans have squeezed out every bit of support for any public funding of sports facilities. That may be an under the radar factor as well. 

[KJHburg]

[Blue Ridge]

13 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Charlotte (#21), Raleigh-Durham (#22), Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (#45)

…and, if you want to get technical, Western NC contributes a not insignificant portion of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson (#36) market. So, 3.5?  

[KJHburg]

Sizing up the competition in the southeast for a MLB team.

Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh: Who's on deck for a pro baseball team? - RALtoday (6amcity.com)

I am here to tell you there is no big effort to bring MLB to Charlotte.  MLB talks about Charlotte a lot more than Raleigh but we dont have the money to fund a stadium or even contribute with the the kind of money Charlotte will have to spend on the BofA Stadium renovations desired by Mr Tepper. Plus we are currently doing a renovation of the Spectrum Center where the Hornets play.  

I think the story is even worse in Nashville for funding unless the state comes in and contributes a lot of money towards it.  They have built or building a new Titans domed stadium and just completed a new soccer only stadium.  

[dmccall]

John Kane will spearhead the stadium effort at Downtown South, and the team, of course, will be named the "Kanes", creating utter confusion.

[eagle rock]

[dmccall]

The Carolina Hurricanes just finished the regular season with their 61st-straight sellout game. 

After 9-straight seasons of missing the playoffs, MLB Raleigh bid leader, Tom Dundon, became the majority owner of the Hurricanes franchise. Since then the club has since made 6 straight playoffs with 2 final four appearances. Certainly the strength of this prospective owner is being noticed by those evaluating MLB expansion bids. 

[KJHburg]

On 4/8/2024 at 3:44 PM, dmccall said:

The Carolina Hurricanes just finished the regular season with their 61st-straight sellout game. 

After 9-straight seasons of missing the playoffs, MLB Raleigh bid leader, Tom Dundon, became the majority owner of the Hurricanes franchise. Since then the club has since made 6 straight playoffs with 2 final four appearances. Certainly the strength of this prospective owner is being noticed by those evaluating MLB expansion bids. 

don't let me Charlotte friends hear me say this but the Hurricanes are the best run pro sports team in NC by far not to mention the most successful. 

Edited April 11 by KJHburg

[RALNATIVE]

21 hours ago, KJHburg said:

don't let me Charlotte friends hear me say this but the Hurricanes are the best run pro sports team in NC by far not to mention the most successful. 

How can that even be debated by or bother anyone?

As the old saying goes...the truth shall set you free!

On 4/8/2024 at 3:44 PM, dmccall said:

The Carolina Hurricanes just finished the regular season with their 61st-straight sellout game. 

After 9-straight seasons of missing the playoffs, MLB Raleigh bid leader, Tom Dundon, became the majority owner of the Hurricanes franchise. Since then the club has since made 6 straight playoffs with 2 final four appearances. Certainly the strength of this prospective owner is being noticed by those evaluating MLB expansion bids. 

Don't forget that hugely successful Stadium Game. He was the main visionary behind that. The man is a leader and knows potential.

[dmccall]

CBS is reporting that the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes NHL hockey players were told that the team will be moving to Salt Lake City. That city has the 2034 Winter Olympics coming, and presumably a new arena for the team will be a part of the new facilities plan for SLC. That is a lot of public money focus for a city that has 78% of the population that Raleigh has (according to KJHburg's post). SLC is in the process of rebuilding their airport for $4.1 billion. While much of that funding is from Delta, the federal government, and bonds, it still begs the question of how many resources SLC has for something like a MLB stadium in the next 5 years.  On 2/28/24 the Utah legislature approved funding for moving forward with plans for an MLB stadium in SLC.

Edited April 14 by dmccall

[rancenc]

Not MLB, but baseball related business opens headquarters in Cary.

https://www.usabaseball.com/news/usa-baseball-town-of-cary-open-executive-offices-and-training-center-at-national-training-complex

[KJHburg]

Salt Lake City just got a NHL hockey team relocating from Phoenix wonder if this will affect their MLB bid?  So they have a Major League soccer, NBA and now NHL team can their support a 4th professional sport??

Arizona Coyotes to relocate to Salt Lake City after being sold to Utah Jazz owner (msn.com)

 

Edited April 18 by KJHburg

[KJHburg]

""While we think a majority of folks understand MLB isn’t looking to cover land but people…we’ve attached a second map. The smaller red blob has MORE people at LESS than 40% the size as the bigger red blob.""

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